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vsb2pwn
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   Posted: 26/Nov/2009 at 8:51am |
Govt not to set up ombudsman for telecom sector
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/businessline/blnus/15261401.htm
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The Government on Thursday ruled out setting up an ombudsman to redress the complaints of poor mobile telephony services like call drops saying state-run BSNL/MTNL were taking effective steps to upgrade technology.
Minister of State for Telecom, Mr Sachin Pilot, said while the telecom revolution has led to India having one of the world’s cheapest call rates, it has also led to congestion in networ k leading to call drops.
The Telecom Minister, Mr A. Raja, said the per second metering of call, recently introduced by major mobile telephony operators, is to ensure that consumers are not made to pay for full one-minute when the call may not have lasted more than a few seconds because of call drop.
He said he was “not bothered” about companies’ losing revenue in the per-second billing as long as consumers are benefited. |
Wonder what they are "bothered" about........?
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vsb2pwn
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Posted: 28/Nov/2009 at 3:49pm |
The Indian mobile price war is getting ridiculous
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Indian mobile operator Reliance Communications (RCom) has announced a new price for sending SMS. It is 1 paise. Which is 0.0002 dollars. To put it another way, it now costs 2 cents to send 100 SMS through Reliance. How do you reckon that’s going to pan out in the long run?
It’s not quite as simple as 1 paisa per SMS. There are two new SMS plans that RCom is offering its subscribers. The first plan costs 11 rupees a month (about 24 cents) and that gives you access to the 1 paisa SMS. The second plan costs 1 rupee per day (about 2 cents), which gives you unlimited daily texts - although RCom fair usage policy asks consumers not send more than 15,000 SMS in a month. Compared to the market average of 50 paisa per SMS, that’s a lot cheaper.
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subu76
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Posted: 28/Nov/2009 at 10:47pm |
Indeed.....i think a new entrant will pretty soon start paying subscribers for talktime.
Wouldn't that be really nice...... 
The money that i'll loose once i buy Airtel will get compensated by blabbering on the phone all the time.
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Posted: 28/Nov/2009 at 7:34am |
Originally posted by subu76
Indeed.....i think a new entrant will pretty soon start paying subscribers for talktime.
Wouldn't that be really nice......
The money that i'll loose once i buy Airtel will get compensated by blabbering on the phone all the time. |
Tata Docomo has already indicated their willingness to pay money to new subscribers for signing on to their service.
A friend who works in a senior position at Vodafone told me that things are going to get really ugly when number portability gets implemented, because the cost of each customer switch for a telco will be about Rs.200 per subscriber, while TRAI has mandated that they can not charge more than Rs.19 per switch.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains. - Christian Nestell Bovée
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Vivek Sukhani
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Posted: 28/Nov/2009 at 9:00am |
Its almost becoming a menace now......
While the environment of price decline has been a trend since mobile telephony was launched, but now its reaching the levels of hysteria. I simply see no brand strength here.....its as if people are only interested in cost nothing else. There's no diffrentiator other than price.
What all this means is there is no revinue visibility left in this sector. Its a slugfest, where companies are falling over one another to get hurt.
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Jai Guru!!!
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Posted: 29/Nov/2009 at 12:40pm |
Originally posted by Vivek Sukhani
Its almost becoming a menace now......
While the environment of price decline has been a trend since mobile telephony was launched, but now its reaching the levels of hysteria. I simply see no brand strength here.....its as if people are only interested in cost nothing else. There's no diffrentiator other than price.
What all this means is there is no revinue visibility left in this sector. Its a slugfest, where companies are falling over one another to get hurt.
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Thats partly because none of them were really interested in providing quality 'after sales' service to customers. Once you had the connection the grievances did not matter, as you were stuck with em because of the number!! The first one to provide quality will definitely build up a brand loyalty too!
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vsb2pwn
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Posted: 29/Nov/2009 at 2:47pm |
T-Mobile USA’s $80 Unlimited Plan Avoids Price War http://moconews.net/article/419-t-mobile-usas-80-unlimited-plan-avoids-price-war/
Are telecom companies around the world under pressure post-recession?
I am reading similar rumblings about mobile phone manufacturers too.
Smartphone Deals Will Be Everywhere In Time For Black Friday
Is mobile telephony, one of the major expenses, I will try to cut back upon if inflation and unemployment or its prospects are staring at me?
Is it scenario of desperate sales?
Few Questions....................yet to be answered
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